The Southwest

What is special about the landscape of the Southwest?

Word WorkThis week we will look at verb endings with

and without spelling changes.

For some base words, simply add –ed and –ing.

Read this sentence:

In order to stop slipping, I grabbed a tree branch.

Find the base word:

hoping

Find the base word:

hiking

Find the base word:

baking

Find the base word:

saluting

Find the base word:

shopping

Find the base word:

standing

Find the base word:

running

Find the base word:

blamed

Find the base word:

pinned

Find the base word:

sobbed

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filming

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biting

More Practice

swimming

More Practice

chatted

More Practice

stripped

Group Practice

shopping

blamedstandin

gpinned

running sobbed

Individual Practice

filming drivingbiting chattedswimmi

ngstriped

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ca

arid

canyon

carved

cliffs

frontierguide

hiking

canyona narrow valley with high, steep sides, usually with a stream at the bottom

carvedcut

something

cliffsvery steep, rocky slopes

frontierThe farthest edge of settled country, where the wilderness begins

guide

someone or something that shows the way

hikingtaking a long

walk; marching

aridhaving very

little rainfall; dry

aridRegions of the country

that get very little rainfall are

usually arid.

aridWhy might it be more difficult for

people, plants, and animals to

survive there?